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Surfshark Finds US is the Most-Breached Country

Security Boulevard

is the most breached country—and has been since 2004, among other alarming findings. With cybersecurity threats on the rise, Surfshark’s latest project is the first-ever tool that shows how countries are being affected by breaches. The study compiled data from 27,000 leaked databases, and.

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SHARED INTEL: A foolproof consumer’s guide to creating and managing bulletproof passwords

The Last Watchdog

You see, these days, many data breaches could be traced back to people using the same password across multiple accounts. I’ve had a password manager in place since 2004. So many people use the same combination of username and password for every account. However, this isn’t a good idea. In fact, it’s terrible. About the essayist.

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Cybersecurity Training and Tech Aren’t Enough; ‘Culture Change’ Needed

eSecurity Planet

In 2004, the global cybersecurity market was worth just $3.5 Their latest book, The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide to Reducing Risk and Developing Your Human Defense Layer , combines the insight of 35 years of security culture experience with data-driven insights from over 40,000 global organizations.

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Machine Identities, Human Identities, and the Risks They Pose

Security Boulevard

Indeed, Verizon Enterprise wrote in its Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) 2021 that credentials—both for human and machine identities—constituted the top variety type in 60% of analyzed breaches for the year. Attackers resort to such activity more often than not in their campaigns.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

2 – It demonstrates the importance of security awareness training for your employees! 2004 — Lowe’s — Brian Salcedo is sentenced to 9 years for hacking into Lowe’s home improvement stores and attempting to steal customer credit card information. . A DSW data breach also exposes transaction information from 1.4